Repeating firearm.



T. MONTMENY.

RBPEATING FIREARM.

gPPLIQATIoN FILEDJULY 19, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THEODORE MONTMENY a citizen of the United States of America, and residentof Ghicopee, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention-relates to improvements-in fire arms of a kind in which a multiple ments in Repeating Firearms, of which the chambered cylinder is revolubly mounted in the frame behind the barrel'and in whichthe cartridges to 'be sueessively fired are carried in the cylinder. to which revoluble movement is intermittently imparted 'at eachactuation of the firearm. f

' In the present firearm the chambers in the cylinder are of sufficiently large diameter to' permit the cartridges (preferably of a rim type) to be. moved en'dwise'entirely through the chambers of the cylinder and into the barrel. And the invention comprises in combination with the frame, barrel and revolubly mounted cylinder, means for trans ferringa cartridgefrom a cylinder chamber in line with the barrel, into the barrel, means for firing the cartridge in the barrel, means for withdrawing the cartridge shell from the barrel back into the cylinder chamber it previously occupied, and a device for intermittently rotatively moving the cylinder to bring the next chamber and itscartridge in line with the barrel. 1

The invention, furthermore, consists in certain other combinations and arrangements ofparts and the constructions of certain of the parts all substantially as hereinafter fully described in conjunction with the ac companying drawings and set forth in the claims.

.In the drawings :-Figure. 1 is a side elevation of a portion. of the fire arm in which the present improvements are comprised, the

arts being in their positions in readiness or firing,'the closing plate for the side of the frame bein absent; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, at showing the parts as in their positions assumed when the carrier block 1s moved to its rearward limit; Fig. 3

- is a view of the gun at the opposite side of Fig. 1 with the part-s in position corresponding thereto and with the cylinder and barrel in central longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a view sh'owin the gun as open, the novelperts being. m a position correspondingto cmcornn, mnssaonusnrrs.

REPEATING Manama.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented an. 25, 1910. Application filed July 18, 1908; Serial No; 508,322. 7

Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View on line 5-5, Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a cross sectionalview on line (36, Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is a sectional viewcentrally and vertically throiwh the .carrier block and cartridge trans erri'ng bolt, firing pin and extractor, and showing the self cocking hammer mounted in the carrier block; Fig. 8 is a. perspective view of the pawl device which impart-s the intermittentrotative movement to the multiple chambered cylinder.

Similar characters. of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings,-A represents the frame of the fire arm shown as of skeleton-like con struction and carrying the stock B at its "to its forward por tion,-the barrel carrying a rear extension I) to extend over and in part to close the opening in the frame.

D represents the cylinder having multiple chambers 01 for cartridges which as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4 are rimmed cartridges, the diameter of the cylinder chambers being sufficiently large to receive the whole of the cartridges including their rims therein so rear and having the barrel C hinged at a that the cartridges may be pushed bodily entirely through the cylinder and into the barrel. The cylinder has a central longitudinal hole therethrough whereby it is mounted on a stud'e which is formed as a part of and projects forwardly from a carrier blocklfi which is of an L-shape, its base member being fitted in a horizontal slideway f in the lower art of the hollow frame.

The carrier .bloc

l bolt for center fire cartridges.

to which a backward and forward sliding movement is imparted by means hereinafter pointed out has as a for rim fire cartridges, and axially of the The rearward movement of the carrier block, rearwardly from the cylinder is such; as represented in Fig. '4, to withdraw the bolt an" firing i i/entirely. free-and clear I -Y- P tractor liook 11.

, ing movement behind the bolt and firing pin vided at its rear with a loop lever J through means as follows :-The,

' slight swinging movement of the handle with such bolt;

with which the trigger G coacts for the self l r of the handle lever,

from the chamber of the cylinder which is When the handle lever is swung down, uppermost and in' line with the barrel and 1 shown in Fig. 4, and the carrier ock with the hammer is moved to the rearward limit, the under side of the bolt is an extracter rod h, the forward end thereof projecting slightly beyond the forward end of the bolt and having an exl th nose f hi h i i li d l carried by the carrier block; but when the d i f thi ki d; d lever is returned to its upward position,

as quite tommonin v the extractor rod being of a spring character f n 1 1 1g. 1, the trigger resumes its l position of engagement with the rear end may have a slight transverse deflection as necessary when the hooked end of the ex- 1 011th? g Z, as Indicated r gand tractor is crowded 'to engagement with the i g g the'fiiQarm l 3 necesrim of the cartridge which is in the barrel. y to draw n the lgg w h h fi g to result. firstly in forcing the dog end-wise as shownin Fi 3, at the time that the carrier block an bolt are moved forwardly. forward and the hammer hack, and Secondly on the continuation of the trigger move- The hammer H is mounted forits swingment sutliciently far to release the trigger 1 from engagement with the dog to leave the on the pivot e in a recess j therefor in the lower horizontal member of ,the carrier mm Sublect the of the hammer block E, said hammer having a rearwardly i p gextending projection 2' in engagement-with l alohgslde h block Which is a hammer spring i the hammer but at the .side opposite from that at which and its spring being bodily carried by the j the level and link Q are locatefiryls a carrier block. And the hammer has pivoted P y g level M Shown in g 2 thereto, as seen at 71: in Fig, 7', a, h i t ll and 8, and pivoted at its rear end "P to an ear arranged and rearwardly xt di d i lug upstanding from a lower portion of the open work frame. This lever M is formed with a long in which lS'il. bar or rod it formed with a nose or pawl F. at its forward end, said bar being slightly rearwardly slidable against the springa seated in the bore and to he outwardly pressed by such spring.

Along and close to the handle lever so as to be out ofengagement with the hammer and constitute no obstruction to its rearward movement as bodily cooking of the hammer to be followed by its I release for striking the firing pin under the l reaction of its spring 2' 1 The trigger Gr is pivotally mounted at l l to a part of a handle lever J which is pivota-lly mounted at Z to the frame forwardly of the trigger. The said handle levr J is pro-y, The y d has at its rear shaped hand l Cular series of ratchet teeth '0 represented 11]- Figs. 3 and 5; and on a downward swinging movement of the pawl carrying lever M,

enga 'ement portion m while forward thereof and between such portion m and the pivot Z the handle lever is curved, as represented at m to form a trigger guard.

The backward and forward sliding movements of the carrier block are imparted by comparatively slight swinging movement, the range of which is perceived by comparii son of Fig. 4: with Fig. 3,of the handle 1 the pawl may click over one of these ratchet teeth assmning an on the upward swinging movement of the pawl carrying lever the cylinder will be ratcheted around sufliciently far to bring the cylinder chamber next to the one which had such position of barrel alinement. The lever at a portion thereof just to the r r f 5 means for imparting the downward swingth t i i id d ith a i id ed ing movement to the pawl carrying lever comparatively short gear toothed member or consists in a roller stud 10, Figs. 1 and 2, rack n, and the lever L pivoted to the lower projectingfrom the side of the carrier block and the inclined formation w of the upper portion of the frame 0 is made with a gear edge of the lever; while the means for 1mtoothed end or partial pinion or sector gear parting an upward swinging movement of p, the teeth of which are in constant mesh I with the teeth of the upstanding member at the pawl carrying lever, operative when the carrier block is at its rearward limit and so that the comparaing movement of the 1 handle lever will impart a comparatively long swinging movement,approximately 1 through a quarter of a circle ofthe lever L; 1 and such lever is connected at its free end by i the link q to the carrier block so that the tively slight swin wardly clear of the cylinder, is constituted by the simple flat springs 31.

The gun may be broken open, as represented in Fig. 4, leaving the forward end of the chambered cylinder D exposed so that the cartridges may be filled into all lever through the described connections imthe chambers thereof whereupon the n will parts the comparatively long reciprocation be closed and confined by the cam ever a," to the carrier block. i and it being assumed that the handle lever the trigger is carried bodily downwardly with face a ciri been in alin'ement with the barrel around to f itudinal forwardly opening bore 8 engaging position so that the bolt firing pin and extractor are rearmay easily accomplish all required maniputhe gun at safety so that it may not be fired tiple chambered cylinder revolubly mounted ple chambered cylinder revolubly mounted long throw lever for operating the action.

isin its normal or downwardly swung position, Fig. 2, the operator will then upwardlyswing the handle lever to force the carrier block forward and to project the boltthrough the uppermost cylinder chamber forcing the cartridge into the barrel, as shown in Fig. '3; then the properly continued pulling of the trigger will cock and liberate the hammer for firing and repeated firings may be rapidly accomplished by the simple slight downward and upward returning movement of the handle lever and the pulling of the trigger, it being here stated that rapid 'successivefiring may be easily accomplished without disarrangement of the aim, as the hand, the middle fourth andfifth fingers ofwhich are through the handle loop m while the forefinger embraces the trigger,

lations with but slight deflecting movements,-unlike those required in the pumping action of repeating firearms having a The cartridges will be prevented from rearward displacement from the cylinder chambers by the cheek plates 0 which close the hollow frame, the forward ends of such plates being in proximity to the rear end of the cylinder adjacent the opposite portions thereof. i

The operator may, when desired to place by the pulling of the trigger, disengage the trigger from the dog by an action of partially lowering the handle lever J and swinging the lower portion of the trigger rearwardly so that the upwardly extending trigger nose is forward of, and under the dog ]c,'the restoration of the trigger to its dog engaging position being accomplished by, again downswinging the handle lever leaving the trigger free on the upward return of the handle lever to assume a position in relaticn to the dog represented in Fig. 7.

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. 1.111 a revolving cylinder fire arm, in con'ibination, the frame and barrel, amulin the frame behind the barrel, a carrier block slidable in the frame behind the cylinder. and carrying a forwardly extending bolt in line with the-barrel, a handle lever hinged to the frame and having a gear toothed member, a lever, pivoted to the frame, and having a gear toothed portionin mesh with said gearteothed lever member, a link connecting the. latter named lever and the carrier block, and means for intermittently rotatively moving the cylinders.

In a revolving cylinder fire arm, in combination, the frame and barrel, a multiin the frame behind the'barrel, a carrier block slidable' in'the frame behind the cylinder and carrying a forwardly extending bolt in line with the barrel, a lever hinged,

at its forward end, to an under portion of the frame, provided at its rear with a loop shaped hand engagement portion andhav-' a gear ended, lever, pivoted in the frame, J

and -in engagement with said rack-toothed lever member, a link connecting the gear ended lever and thecarrier block, and means forintermittently rotatively moving the cylinder.

' In a revolving cylinder fire arm, in

combination, the frame and barrel, a mult1 ple qhambercd cylinder revol'ubly mounted in the frame behind the barrel, a carrierblock slidable in the frame behind the cylinder and carrying. a forwardly extending bolt in line with the barrel, a firing pin extending along and endwise movable relatively 'to the said bolt, a hammer pivotally mounted on the carrier block, and coacting with the firing pin, a handle lever hinged to the frame and having a gear toothed member, a lever, pivoted to the frame, and having a gear toothed portion in mesh with said gear toothed lever member, a link connecting the latter named lever and the carrier block, means for actuating the hammer, ard

. means for intermittently rotatively moving the cylinder. 7 I

l. In a revolving cylinder fire arm, in combination, the frame and barrel, a multiple chambered cylinder revolubly' mounted in the frame behind the barrel, :1 carrier block slidable in the frame behind the cylinder and carrying a forwardly extending bolt in line with the barrel, afiring pin, extending along and endwise movable relatively to, the said bolt, a hammer pivotally mounted on the carrier block, behind and for eoaction with the firing pin, a handle lever hinged to the frame and having a gear toothed member, a' lever, pivoted t0 the frame, and having a gear toothed portion in mesh with said gear toothed lever member,

a link connecting the latter named lever' and the carrier block, a trigger pivotally mounted on the handle lever and having a self cocking coaction with the hammer, and

means for intermittently rotatively moving the cylinder. In a revolving fire arm, in combination the frame and barrel, a multiple chambered cylinder revolubly mounted behind the barrel, a carrier block slidable in the frame beyond the cylinder and carrying a forwardly extending bolt in line with the barrel, in firing pin extending along, and endwise mov able relatively to, said bolt, a hammer pivotally mounted in a recess therefor 1n the carrier block behind and for coaction, with .the firing pin, and having pivoted thereto below its supporting pivot area'rwardly ex tending dog, a handle lever hinged to the frame operatively connected with and for moving the carrier block forwardly and rearwardly and having a trigger pivoted thereto, said trigger having a mein 'ier in engagement with the rear end of said dog and operative through the latter for throwing the hammer to a backward position and then releasing it for firing, a hammer spring and n'ieans for intermittently rotatively moving the cylinder.

(3. In a firearm of the character described, in combination, the frame and barrel, a multiple chambered cylinder revolubly mounted in the frame behind the barrel and having at its rear a circularly arranged series of ratchet teeth, a carrier block slidable in the frame behind the cylinder, carrying a forwardly projeeting bolt in line with the barre] and having a sidewise projecting stud,

{ a lever pivotally connected to the f arne for i a vertical swinging movement at one s de of the carrier block, having an inclined upper the aforesaid sideedge to be engaged by with a pawl l wise projecting stud, provided member for engagementwith 'atchet teeth and a spring for forcing said pawl carrying lever upwardly, and means 1 for reciprocating the 'carrier block whereby 1 its bolt is alternately withdrawn from the cylinder chamber 5 through a cylinder chamber to transfer a cartridge therefrom into the barrel.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass, in presence of two subscribing'witnesses.

THEODORE MONTMEN Y. Witnesses:

G. R. DRISCOLL, 'VVM. S. BELLOWS.

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